WASHINGTON BLACK

When two English brothers take the helm of a Barbados sugar plantation, Washington Black - an eleven-year-old field slave - finds hi mself selected as personal servant to one of them. The eccentric Christopher 'Titch' Wilde is a naturalist, explorer, scientist, inv entor and abolitionist, whose single-minded pursuit of the perfect aerial machine mystifies all around him.Titch's idealistic plans are soon shattered and Washington finds himself in mortal danger. They escape together, but then Titch disappears and Washington mus t make hi...[Llegir més]